Fluxes for Soldering Tabbing Ribbon
Indium Corporation Fluxes Solder fluxes facilitate solder wetting by dissolving the oxides present on the surface of the tabbing ribbon as well as......
Halogen-Free and Head-in-Pillow
One of the primary concerns with halogen-free solder pastes and fluxes revolves around the wetting and coalescence. The reason that halogens (usually ...
Alternative Uses
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BGA Solder Joint Reliability
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Beam it down from space
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Transfer Efficiency of Ball Attach Fluxes
This is a chart of flux transferred in a ball attach process over a 3 day span. ......
Low Residue Flip Chip Solder Paste
Low residue flux for flip chip attachment has many advantages (please see Ultra Low Res Flip Chip Flux) over standard no-clean and water soluble fluxe...
Universal Technology Update; Is your process biased?
At what point in new product development does the solder get updated with the rest of......
Fine Feature Assembly Issues vis a vis Lead-Free
Folks, We are all aware that the miniaturization of electronics continues unabated. As consumers we benefit from this phenomenon, as electronic assemb...
BGA Red Dye Penetrant Testing
Ok, so it happened again. Another urgent request was brought to me for action. This time it was a customer who had performed a Red Dye Penetration......
How Low Can You Go?
Due to the limitations of flux, there is bottom end temperature where traditional solder/flux bonding ends. The lowest temperature I have experienced ...